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On December 15, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada (“Supreme Court”) delivered a significant decision in the area of human rights law. According to the Supreme Court, employers are not the only ones who are prohibited from committing discriminatory harassment against employees. British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal v. Schrenk concerned claims of discrimination in the

In a recent decision of the Superior Court of Justice, a 48 year old employee with nine years of service was awarded $25,000 for human rights damages and $60,000 for moral damages, in addition to a notice period of ten months. The employee was subjected to repeated physical and verbal harassment by her boss. She